"The Red Dog was the premier topless bar in Oklahoma City during the oil boom of the 70's. You could say I was born there. By 16, mom was a runaway dancing at the Dog with the stage name “Jaws”. By 21, she had me, and we were sleeping there regularly. Some of her friends never escaped the 70’s. We barely did. Today, I’m a philosophy professor, songwriter/artist, and a father. But now I’m going back to the Red Dog--to make a record and capture the culture that birthed and almost killed us." -LD